LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum: Driving Innovation in the Enterprise

Enterprise networking has long faced a standardized competitive environment largely defined by Wi-Fi solutions. That is about to change with the introduction of MulteFire, a new wireless solution that will bring seamless connectivity to users with enhanced coverage and capacity.

This new LTE-based technology can be deployed standalone in unlicensed or shared spectrum, allowing Enterprises to deploy private and neutral host LTE networks with fewer access points than traditional solutions, ultimately reducing CapEx. Harbor Research, a strategy and technology research firm that works with leading technology innovators, product OEMs and service providers, has forecast that the total addressable revenue for Enterprise markets deploying MulteFire will reach nearly $2.5B in 2023. In this webinar, the MulteFire Alliance joins Harbor Research to provide insight into how this technology will help venue owners and operators reduce costly distributed antenna systems and licensed carrier small cells, while ensuring coverage and capacity for users, regardless of carrier.

Get a glimpse into what the future of private and neutral host LTE in the enterprise will look and a better understanding of this new opportunity to help solve for old challenges.

Featured Speakers

Alex Glaser

Director of Development of Harbor Research

Harbor Research

Alex Glaser is the director of development of Harbor Research and an expert in smart systems thinking and design. He is responsible for leading the firm’s marketing, operations, and business development strategy. Alex also helps lead Harbor’s Smart Systems Lab program – a real world laboratory where organizations can design, prototype, and test new models for delivering smart systems and services value.

Alex has broad client experience in strategy consulting, value chain analysis, and research development across a variety of industries including industrial, energy, manufacturing, transportation, smart cities and telecom. He also has deep experience developing qualitative and quantitative research studies related to the Internet of Things and smart systems. He has helped develop Harbor’s research programs, methodologies, designs, and services. Alex is extremely well versed on the space, specializing in industrial automation and analytics, and is a frequent speaker, moderator, panelist, and contributor to industry events and media publications. In particular, Alex is the organizer of IoT Colorado’s Meetup.

Derek Peterson

Ph.D., CTO

Boingo Wireless

Derek Peterson, Ph. D., is chief technology officer at Boingo Wireless. He is responsible for the company’s technical vision and strategy. Under his leadership, Boingo is pioneering the adoption and deployment of the latest IT and wireless network technologies including 5G, Passpoint, network virtualization and convergence. He is directly responsible for building and operating Boingo's core technologies and systems, including web applications, client software, networks, authentication, billing, advertising, IPTV, business intelligence and IT infrastructure.

Dr. Peterson has deep telecommunications experience as a consultant, engineer, product manager and executive. Prior to joining Boingo in 2011, he served in strategic product roles at Oracle driving global launch campaigns for LTE adoption and billing software solutions.
He is a Wireless Broadband Alliance and MulteFire Alliance board member, and a founding member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association's Innovation & Technology Council. Dr. Peterson was named “CTO of the Year” in 2017 by the Los Angeles Business Journal and a 2015 "Wireless Industry Executive to Watch" by FierceWireless.

Dr. Peterson holds a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland, an MA in education and technology from the American Intercontinental University, and a Doctorate of Computer Science with a focus on enterprise information systems from Colorado Technical University. He is an adjunct professor for Colorado Technical University and an editor for the “International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications.”